Published in the Boston Globe.
- Boston Globe Special Section: Boston Marathon bombings — One year later http://goo.gl/ksfjMZ
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BBC: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Ukraine is "on the verge of civil war" after Kiev sent in troops against pro-Russia separatists. Mr. Putin, in a phone call to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, described the move as a "sharp escalation". http://goo.gl/jrPIzX
- NYT's: The New York Police Department has eliminated a secret program that embeds plainclothes detectives into Muslim neighborhoods to eavesdrop on conversations and build dossiers on where people ate, prayed and shopped.
``The goal was to identify the mundane locations where a would-be terrorist could blend into society. Plainclothes detectives looked for “hot spots” of radicalization that might give the police an early warning about terrorist plots. The squad, which typically consisted of about a dozen members, focused on 28 “ancestries of interest.”
``After years of collecting information, however, the police acknowledged that it never generated a lead. Since The Associated Press published documents describing the program in 2011, Muslims and civil rights groups have called for its closing. ‘’ http://goo.gl/CxVSIh
- McClatchy-Marist Poll. Hillary Clinton is well ahead of every potential Republican rival, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll.
“Hillary Clinton is jogging around the track by herself as far as the Democratic field is concerned. Republicans are all in the starting blocks,” said Lee Miringoff, the director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion in New York, which conducted the poll last week. '' http://goo.gl/d3IYP3
This and STAT
- The Hamilton Project: In the three years (2005-2007) before the Great Recession, Germany raised an average of 36 percent of its GDP in taxes, while the United States raised just 28 percent, above only South Korea, Turkey, Chile and Mexico. On average, other OECD countries raised 34 percent of GDP in taxes each year. http://goo.gl/SX7piv
- Brookings Institution Interactive Map: Property Taxes in Your County. Tax rates and home values at the county level nationwide. http://goo.gl/2ea8nU
- ESPN: Miguel Cabrera batted .357 through the first 10 games last season. This season? Batting .225 (9-40).
- FiveThirtyEight: In Fresno, Calif., the average annual wage for library workers is $79,780. Nationally, the average librarian earns $55,370 per year and has a master’s degree. http://goo.gl/QcAlJJ
- USA Today INFOGRAPH: The average U.S. tax refund is $2,800. http://goo.gl/OGqvtG
- ESPN: MAPOGRAPHIC: 25 Highest Paid Athletes in the World: http://goo.gl/Nd9f26
- Center for Responsive Politics: Google spent $15.8 million on lobbying in 2013, making it the fifth-largest corporate spender in Washington, D.C. http://goo.gl/n0NTm7
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